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8B WESTWARD MIGRATION HARDY

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE POPULATION GROWTH IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES

a)

PEOPLE BEGAN TO MOVE WEST

b)

WE BOUGHT LOUISIANS

c)

WE FOUGHT MEXICO

d)

TEXAS ASKED TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES

2.

WHAT WAS A RESULT OF THE THE AVAILABILITY OF CHEAP FERTILE LAND IN THE WEST?

a)

POPULATION GROWTH IN THE EAST

b)

SLAVES ESCAPED TO FREEDOM

c)

THERE WAS FASTER WATER TRANSPORTAION

d)

PEOPLE WANTED TO MOVE WEST

3.

WHAT WAS THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH?

a)

CREATING CANALS AND STEAMBOATS

b)

PEOPLE MOVED WEST TO BUY CHEAP LAND

c)

PEOPLE MOVED WEST BELIEVING THEY WOULD GET RICH

d)

PURCHASING LOUISIANA TERRITORY FROM FRANCE

4.

WHAT CREATED FASTER AND EASIER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION?

a)

CANALS AND STEAMBOATS

b)

CHEAP FERTILE LAND

c)

OVERLAND TRAILS

d)

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

5.

CREATING OVERLAND TRAILS MADE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE WEST

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OVERLAND TRAILS

a)

ERIE CANAL

b)

STEAMBOAT

c)

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

d)

SANTA FE AND OREGON

7.

WE HAVE A RIGHT TO MOVE WEST AND GOD WANTS US TO

a)

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

b)

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

c)

MANIFEST DESTINY

d)

WAR OF 1812

8.

WHY DID SLAVES TRY TO ESCAPE AND GO WEST?

a)

FOR FREEDOM

b)

CHEAP LAND AND LOGGING JOBS

c)

OVERLAND TRAILS

9.

What was a job you could have out west?

a)

logging

b)

looking for gold

c)

hunting animals

d)

buying a farm

10.

What is a way that people did NOT travel west

a)

covered wagon

b)

locomotive

c)

steamboat

d)

trucks